the dumb

Yesterday morning was my first wine trail meeting, at a very early (for me) 8am. Appearing awake and alert was my goal, but my brain was struggling to cooperate. After a quick introduction to a few people my boss runs out for a second, leaving me alone. No big deal, I thought, as a woman [...]

One thing I take a bit of pride in is my ability to laugh at myself. I mean, come on. I do some really dumb things. Laughing at myself and asking others to laugh along with me is one of the great pleasures I take when writing some posts for this blog. It’s also a [...]

Grocery shopping to me is a hobby. Maybe you could even call it a leisure activity. Simply put, I love it. List or no list, I can wander those aisles aimlessly for hours, any time of day, regardless of how busy the store is. Wegmans has always been a fav of mine, and visiting my [...]

Cringe verb 1 she cringed as he bellowed in her ear: cower, shrink, recoil, shy away,flinch, blench, draw back; shake, tremble, quiver, quail, quake. 2 it makes me cringe when I think of it: wince, shudder, squirm, feel embarrassed, feel mortified. The second entry is our focus today. None of those other words seem to properly convey what cringe does so succinctly. (Mortification is a good one as well, but it doesn’t have the same physical [...]

“Really…” (extended pause while major brain activity causes face to smush up in unattractive way) “… Kyle? Did your parents want a boy?” Part of my job entails meeting new people. I have to play nice and make sure they’re happy. I get the aforementioned question almost daily… some days it’s thrown across the bar [...]